Integration Ideas > 50 Ways to Integrate When it comes to integrating unitedstreaming into into your curriculum, the possibilities are unlimited. Start with these 50 ways to integrate digital media resources. As you use unitedstreaming, devise your own integration ideas. 1 1 Multimedia Presentations Embed clips in PowerPoint presentations to make your lessons come alive. 2 Supporting Resource Watch full-length videos to support or provide context for a classroom lesson. 3 Journaling Use Writing Prompts and the Image Library to ignite students’ imaginations. 4 Reading Support Use the closed-captioning feature to assist struggling readers. Let them read along as the narration and captioning provide valuable visualaudio connections. 5 Current Events Students research supplemental information about news events in today’s news and present a mini-report to the class. 6 Today Is Your Birthday Use the Calendar feature to highlight events that happened on student birthdays. 7 Morning Work Minimize downtime: play a video for students to watch and respond to while you take attendance. 8 Motivation Show a video clip to motivate students at the beginning of a unit. 9 KWL Charts View video clips to help complete KWL charts and reinforce key concepts. 10 Graphic Organizers Integrate with Inspiration graphic-organizer software to help students make meaningful connections. 11 Teachable Moments Show video clips to take advantage of impromptu learning opportunities. 12 ESL Career Night Build your classroom community by showing support for your students and their families. Invite them to career night and watch segments from the Careers For the 21st Century Video Library®. 13 Scavenger Hunt Challenge students to answer essential questions in a game. (Hint: They find the answers by viewing video clips.) 14 Encyclopedia Use the video library as the classroom encyclopedia. Let students use unitedstreaming to look up answers to questions asked in class. 15 All About Me Students create a personal video library of five clips that highlight their interests and personality. Every week one student presents a library to the class and explains why the clips are relevant. 16 Show What You Know Students use video clips as part of a multimedia presentation that illustrates their mastery of a concept learned in class. 17 Mediation Show clips from the health and guidance clips to provide a meaningful context for discussions about respect, bullying, and behavior. 18 The First Six Weeks: Character Development Set the course for the rest of the year. Use unitedstreaming videos to support your lessons on teamwork, cooperation, and conflict resolution. 19 The Week Ahead At the beginning of the week, show students a brief montage of clips and images from topics you’ll be covering. Use clips from the middle of videos to create a sense of anticipation. 20 Vocabulary Support Challenge students to find the definition of vocabulary terms (tectonic plates, electoral college) by identifying and watching videos. 21 Quiz Challenge Let students stump each other by creating their own quizzes in Quiz Center. 22 Cross-Curricular Reinforcement Create interdisciplinary units by watching historical clips to provide background for literature assignments. 23 Hands-On Math Combine math videos with relevant manipulatives. 24 Rainy-Day Lessons Create a set of “rainy day” video lessons for use during indoor recess. 25 Extra Credit Students can earn extra credit for creating a set of video challenges using questions from Quiz. 26 Rewards Students earn unitedstreaming video-viewing time for good behavior. 27 Book Club Give each student a book from the Great Books series. Watch the unitedstreaming video to reinforce parts of the book, and hold a literary discussion. 28 Bulletin Boards Use the Image Library and Clip Art Gallery to provoke comments about your bulletin boards. 29 Discussion Guides Use discussion guide material and blackline masters to supplement existing lesson plans. 30 Quick Holiday Lessons Students view videos and complete blackline masters from the Holidays Facts and Fun series to learn about holidays. 31 Alphabet Line Print out each letter of the alphabet in the Image Library to create a unique alphabet line above your chalkboard. 32 Make-Up Work Make sure no students miss a lesson by creating a CD of clips to send home for make-up work. 33 Parent Night Select clips to demonstrate to parents at backto- school night. 34 Editable Clips Create individualized lessons by adding voiceover and splicing clips using iMovie software. 2 3 35 Learning Stations Create self-directed “learning cards” so students can complete specific lessons on their own. 36 Multimedia Newspaper Assign groups of students a different beat each week. Have them report their stories by creating multimedia presentations with publishing software and video clips. 37 Daily News Broadcasts Schools with student-run closed closed-circuit TV stations can use video clips as daily ‘factoids’ on the morning news broadcast. Incorporate the factoids into your morning class meeting. 38 Professional Development Show video clips from the unitedstreaming adult learner videos during in-service days and staff meetings. 39 Virtual Field Trips Schedule a regular “lunch and learn” club, where students can eat lunch while they watch a video about somewhere else in the world. 40 Science Projects Create hypotheses based on experiments conducted in science videos. Conduct the experiments in the classroom and compare results. 41 The Great Debate Give student teams a topic and challenge them to defend their arguments by using video clips and research as evidence. 42 Get Moving Reinforce the importance of nutrition and fitness by showing physical education clips in the cafeteria during lunch or in the classroom. 43 Timelines Create a timeline of events by integrating clips into Inspiration or PowerPoint. 44 Film Festival Have students produce their own videos by editing clips and adding voiceovers. Let students view their classmates’ creations and have the filmmakers answer questions from the audience. 45 Geography Game Show clips about different geographical locations and challenge students to guess the specific details based on their knowledge of geography. 46 Fliers and Backpack Notes Use one of the thousands of images in Clip Art Gallery to liven up your announcements and catch parents’ notice. 47 Mini-Units Use the weekly Teacher Feature to access materials to facilitate a short lesson about a subject relevant to the curriculum or current events. 48 Game Show Test Quiz Review Add another medium to the frequently used quiz show format by making video clips the basis for questions. 49 Freeze Frame Stop videos mid-clip for deeper investigation or discussion of details and concepts. 50 Culture Club Have student groups research an area of the world and create a presentation of video clips that highlight the people, economy, and traditions.
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Integration Ideas > 50 Ways to Integrate
When it comes to integrating unitedstreaming into into your curriculum, the possibilities
are unlimited. Start with these 50 ways to integrate digital media resources. As you use
unitedstreaming, devise your own integration ideas.
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1 Multimedia Presentations
Embed clips in PowerPoint presentations to
make your lessons come alive.
2 Supporting Resource
Watch full-length videos to support or provide
context for a classroom lesson.
3 Journaling
Use Writing Prompts and the Image Library to
ignite students’ imaginations.
4 Reading Support
Use the closed-captioning feature to assist
struggling readers. Let them read along as the
narration and captioning provide valuable visualaudio
connections.
5 Current Events
Students research supplemental information
about news events in today’s news and present
a mini-report to the class.
6 Today Is Your Birthday
Use the Calendar feature to highlight events that
happened on student birthdays.
7 Morning Work
Minimize downtime: play a video for students to
watch and respond to while you take attendance.
8 Motivation
Show a video clip to motivate students at the
beginning of a unit.
9 KWL Charts
View video clips to help complete KWL charts and
reinforce key concepts.
10 Graphic Organizers
Integrate with Inspiration graphic-organizer software
to help students make meaningful connections.
11 Teachable Moments
Show video clips to take advantage of impromptu
learning opportunities.
12 ESL Career Night
Build your classroom community by showing
support for your students and their families. Invite
them to career night and watch segments from
the Careers For the 21st Century Video Library®.
13 Scavenger Hunt
Challenge students to answer essential questions
in a game. (Hint: They find the answers by viewing
video clips.)
14 Encyclopedia
Use the video library as the classroom encyclopedia.
Let students use unitedstreaming to look up answers
to questions asked in class.
15 All About Me
Students create a personal video library of five
clips that highlight their interests and personality.
Every week one student presents a library to the
class and explains why the clips are relevant.
16 Show What You Know
Students use video clips as part of a multimedia
presentation that illustrates their mastery of
a concept learned in class.
17 Mediation
Show clips from the health and guidance clips to
provide a meaningful context for discussions about
respect, bullying, and behavior.
18 The First Six Weeks: Character Development
Set the course for the rest of the year. Use
unitedstreaming videos to support your lessons on
teamwork, cooperation, and conflict resolution.
19 The Week Ahead
At the beginning of the week, show students a brief
montage of clips and images from topics you’ll be
covering. Use clips from the middle of videos to
create a sense of anticipation.
20 Vocabulary Support
Challenge students to find the definition of vocabulary
terms (tectonic plates, electoral college) by
identifying and watching videos.
21 Quiz Challenge
Let students stump each other by creating their
own quizzes in Quiz Center.
22 Cross-Curricular Reinforcement
Create interdisciplinary units by watching historical
clips to provide background for literature assignments.
23 Hands-On Math
Combine math videos with relevant manipulatives.
24 Rainy-Day Lessons
Create a set of “rainy day” video lessons for use
during indoor recess.
25 Extra Credit
Students can earn extra credit for creating a set of
video challenges using questions from Quiz.
26 Rewards
Students earn unitedstreaming video-viewing time
for good behavior.
27 Book Club
Give each student a book from the Great Books
series. Watch the unitedstreaming video to reinforce
parts of the book, and hold a literary
discussion.
28 Bulletin Boards
Use the Image Library and Clip Art Gallery to
provoke comments about your bulletin boards.
29 Discussion Guides
Use discussion guide material and blackline masters
to supplement existing lesson plans.
30 Quick Holiday Lessons
Students view videos and complete blackline
masters from the Holidays Facts and Fun series
to learn about holidays.
31 Alphabet Line
Print out each letter of the alphabet in the Image
Library to create a unique alphabet line above your
chalkboard.
32 Make-Up Work
Make sure no students miss a lesson by creating
a CD of clips to send home for make-up work.
33 Parent Night
Select clips to demonstrate to parents at backto-
school night.
34 Editable Clips
Create individualized lessons by adding voiceover
and splicing clips using iMovie software.
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35 Learning Stations
Create self-directed “learning cards” so students
can complete specific lessons on their own.
36 Multimedia Newspaper
Assign groups of students a different beat each
week. Have them report their stories by creating
multimedia presentations with publishing
software and video clips.
37 Daily News Broadcasts
Schools with student-run closed closed-circuit
TV stations can use video clips as daily ‘factoids’
on the morning news broadcast. Incorporate the
factoids into your morning class meeting.
38 Professional Development
Show video clips from the unitedstreaming
adult learner videos during in-service days and
staff meetings.
39 Virtual Field Trips
Schedule a regular “lunch and learn” club, where
students can eat lunch while they watch a video
about somewhere else in the world.
40 Science Projects
Create hypotheses based on experiments conducted
in science videos. Conduct the experiments in the
classroom and compare results.
41 The Great Debate
Give student teams a topic and challenge them to
defend their arguments by using video clips and
research as evidence.
42 Get Moving
Reinforce the importance of nutrition and fitness by
showing physical education clips in the cafeteria
during lunch or in the classroom.
43 Timelines
Create a timeline of events by integrating clips into
Inspiration or PowerPoint.
44 Film Festival
Have students produce their own videos by editing
clips and adding voiceovers. Let students view their
classmates’ creations and have the filmmakers
answer questions from the audience.
45 Geography Game
Show clips about different geographical locations
and challenge students to guess the specific details
based on their knowledge of geography.
46 Fliers and Backpack Notes
Use one of the thousands of images in Clip Art
Gallery to liven up your announcements and catch
parents’ notice.
47 Mini-Units
Use the weekly Teacher Feature to access materials
to facilitate a short lesson about a subject relevant
to the curriculum or current events.
48 Game Show Test Quiz Review
Add another medium to the frequently used quiz
show format by making video clips the basis for
questions.
49 Freeze Frame
Stop videos mid-clip for deeper investigation or discussion
of details and concepts.
50 Culture Club
Have student groups research an area of the world
and create a presentation of video clips that highlight
the people, economy, and traditions.
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